busy living in the real world..

....thats what I have been doing for the last ten days. And it has been lovely. M arrived at my house last Wednesday night, and has just left this morning. and I am heading down south this evening... no kids. so our holiday will be ending with rest and recreation sans kids. Having him here for the last week and a half has been so .... easy. and comfortable. Watching him play with the kids, and watching the kids play with him... All three of them are more relaxed and comfortable with him. The...

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‘Are you spending quality time with your family?’

Motion Monday Challenge: Write a list of fun games and activities you like to do with your children, as a family. Include really effortless, easy to do activities as well simple and special outings. Then, do one different thing from your list with your family every day this week! Allowing that time to get together, even if it’s only a 10 minute activity will be very beneficial for you all! One of the blogs that I subscribe to Mother's Toolkit also has a facebook page. I tend to use facebook...

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full moon...

yep, its a full moon tonight. And it seems that my cycle has moved into alignment with the moon. Guess it means I don't have to keep record of when I last got my period now, I can just google the full moons and I will have the date... As esoteric as this sounds, the full moon always affects me, and not just my menstrual cycle. I have been reading a lot lately about honouring the feminine... instead of viewing menstration as "the curse" as it has been coined, celebrate and honour my ability...

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Learning how to dance again....

..... that's kind of what learning how to love again is like. Its there in your long term memory bank, waiting to be revisited. Just there seems to be a whole lot of firewalls in place, and virus protection  so as not to allow trojans, worms or players to get through.... so how does one discern a trojan, worm or player to the real deal? When you have had your heart shattered into irrepairable pieces, how do you rebuild something new, and shiny, and beautiful? How do you learn to trust...

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